Trying to start a new ritual

I made a new purchase on Amazon the other day. I bought this bike and it arrived yesterday. I read the reviews and checked out other sites to make sure this was a good buy, of course, and I found it funny that one of the Amazon reviews mentioned the complexity of assembling the bike. I thought, 'eh, can't be that bad' and then I saw this:

Ok, so that is a little crazy.

But, it looks worse than the actual action of putting it together and I was able to get it done and test it to make sure I wasn't going to fall onto ouchy metal while I'm trying to get a good sweat going.

Finished product.

So, tonight I gave it a whirl. But first, I was distracted by Violet who had a very congested nose and was crying because she was having trouble breathing, and as I was waiting out another 5 minutes before going to get her, I received a phone call from my sister who was a little bit stranded with a dead car battery. Since Vi was already awake, I grabbed her, went to the parking lot and helped the Roses out.

By the time I came back, used the nasal bulb on Violet and rocked her to calmness, I sat back on the bike and flipped on Jeopardy. I figured I would get warmed up during the segment before the first commercial break, and keep it to the next highest setting for the rest of the show.

It worked out pretty good, though I would LOVE to know if the calorie burning counter was at all accurate. If it was, hot diggity, I'm really happy with the purchase. But I have a feeling that it may be a bit more generous than accurate.

Pin it down!!

Oh, and btw, I'm trying to be 'productive' in my newest time-suck. Pinterest, which is a super-mindless-fun-activity to do while watching tv (since I don't have a husband to talk to during shows), is giving me ideas much like what I used to rip out of magazines for workout ideas. Starting next week, I'll be implementing some of these routines, however I will have to YouTube several exercises, like trying to find out what a "Russian Twist" is.

My "Workout" Pinterest board

My hatred of exercising < My hatred of looking chunky in pictures

I have done 4 days of workouts. The first day was before Violet got out of her crib in the morning and again during her morning nap. The second through fourth day was only in the time before getting her in the morning. (Though, today is the fourth day and I want to try to get another workout in during her afternoon nap.)

And, man, the Ab Fat Burner workout I did yesterday morning was weird. I couldn't get ANY of the moves right and kept flubbing. And today, the tops of my thighs hurt enough to make it difficult to walk up and down stairs while carrying Violet and my abs are not in pain at all. I think I did something wrong there....

Inspiration and encouraging words

Here's me spot-blogging once again. July was a super crazy month that allowed me to spend 12 days with Scott (more on that on the other blog just as soon as I sit down and write it!!), which also meant a whole month at my Mom's place, where the word 'no' has zero meaning.

I've weighed myself this morning at 137.8 pounds. I've been pretty much at that standstill for a month and a half and I need to get off this plateau. My goal is to lose another 10 pounds and I would LOVE to do this for Tara's wedding (and directly following that, my trip to Greenland). That means I have all of August and all of September.

Can I do this? I hope so!! Not quite like the "Bob the Builder" song, but that's why I need your words of encouragement!!